Feature by Amy Scribner

As anyone who’s ever raised a child will tell you, they don’t come with instructions. Well, that may be true, but this fresh new crop of parenting guides offers stellar advice to help you raise healthy, happy, creative and productive kids.CREATIVITY FOR LIFEJulia Cameron has sold millions of copies of The Artist’s Way, her seminal book on how to find and embrace your...

Feature by Edward Morris

It is an open question whether history as it comes down to us, with all its political and psychological overlays, has something useful to teach us about our own affairs. What is not in dispute about history, though, is its power to entertain and inspire us with its myths and stories. In this regard, the four annals considered here are all enormously satisfying and thought-provoking—maybe...

Feature by Miriam Drennan

Your nephew Jeremiah loves to draw and paint, and loves experimenting with many methods and textures. You want to offer a gift of support, but you're not sure how a trip to the Louvre is too costly, and a paint set might have to accompany a gift of new carpet for Jeremiah's mother. What gift doesn't require a patron, doesn't require a showing, and doesn't make a mess on the floor? Why books, of...